厦门一中集美分校2013-2014学年第一学期期中考

高一年级英语学科试卷

（答卷时间：120分钟 卷面总分：150分）

命题教师：王碧文；赖敏 审核：曾琪考试时间：11月8日下午3：30-5：30

I. 听力。（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项钟选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will the woman do on Friday?

A. Go on a tour with the man

B. Take an examination

C. Study at home

2. What does the woman ask the man to do?

A. Take her to the post office

B. Show her the way to the post office

C. Help her find out on the map where the post office is.

3. What does the man think is the great fun in Australia?

A. The sea B. The cities C. The beaches

4. What time is it now?

A. 9:55 B. 10:00 C. 10:30

5. What do we know about the man?

A. He doesn’t like shopping

B. He went to New York for a trip.

C. He went shopping with his wife and son.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每个题5秒钟；听完后，各个题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6-8题。

6. Where is the man going?

A. To Amsterdam.

B. To Frankfurt

C. To London

7. Where will the man meet Jane and Peter Cook?

A. In someone’s house

B. In a restaurant.

C. In his hotel.

8. How will the man go to Paris?

A. By train. B. By plane C. By car.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. When did the woman come back from China?

A. Last week B. Yesterday C. The day before yesterday.

10. Why does the woman like Beijing better?

A. It has more shops.

B. The weather is fine.

C. It has many places fo interest.

11. Why does the woman think Shanghai more exciting?

A. It has better shopping.

B. The traffic is better.

C. It has a beach.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the matter with the woman?

A. She can’t find the subway station.

B. She has missed the last bus.

C. She has lost her way.

13. How far is the woman’s hotel form here?

A. It’s 59 miles away.

B. It’s two blocks away.

C. It’s over an hour’s walk.

14.How will the woman go to the Central Park?

A. By subway. B. On foot.. C. By taxi.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Why did the man travel so much?

A. To do business. B. To take pictures. C.To take holidays.

16.Where did the man go most often?

A.To Europe B. To Africa C. To America.

17. Why did the woman fail to visit China last year?

A. She was too busy.

B. She was not in good health.

C. She knew too much about China.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why do the peole have to start early tomorrow?

A. It is a long way to Loch Ness.

B. There is only one bus to Loch Ness in the morning.

C. They all want to watch the sunrise in the mountains.

19. What colour is the ticket?

A. Pink B. White. C. Yellow.

20. What does the speaker advise bringing?

A. An umbrella B.Sunglasses. C.A jacket.

II. 单项选择。（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

21. ---- Is Lily coming by train?

---- Yes. Let’s go to train station to meet her.

A. a; a B. the; the C. / ; a D. /; the

22. My sister Shangdong University in 2005 and now she is working in a company.

A. graduated from B. graduated in

C. graduates from D. graduates in

23. get a complete picture, more information is needed.

A. So as to B. So as not to C. In order not to D. In order to

24. It was in the house he heard some strange sounds.

A. that B. where C. which D. who

25. Ever since they to each other.

A. haven’t written B. hadn’t written C. didn’t write D. don’t write

26. they decided which college to go to, sudents should research the admission procedures.

A. As B. While C. Until D. Once

27. The film TITANIC a true story.

A. based on B. base on C. was based on D. had based on

28. People at the conference would have a discussion on pollution.

A. were present B. took part in C. join in D. present

29. --- Look at those clouds!

--- Don’t worry. it rains, we’ll still have a great time.

A. Even if B. As though C. In case D. If only

30. His parents finally him and bought the books he wanted.

A. gave up to B. give in to

C. take up to D. gave in to

31. --- is the best football player in your city?

---Jerry.

A. Do you think who B. Do you think whom

C. Who do you think D. Whom do you think

32. I went back the rain, but I was tired.

A. not because of ; because of B. not because of; because

C. not because ; because D. not because; because of

33. He asked ____ for the piano.

A. did I pay how much B. how much did I pay

C. I paid how much D. how much I paid

34. My sister seems to prefer music to me.

A. listening to; talk to B. to listen to ; talk to

C. listening to; talking to D. to listen to; talking to

35. --- Would you like to join us in planting trees next week?

--- , but I have to call on my parents in the countryside.

A. I’d like to B. I like it C. I don’t D. I will

III. 完形填空。（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

Do you know _ 36__ languages there are in the world? There are about 1500 but many of them are not very __37__. English is one of the most important languages because many people __38__ it, not only in England and America, __39__ in other countries of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it _40_ their own language, and another 200,000,000 use it as __41__ language. It is __42__ to say how many people are learning it. _43__ boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.

Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. __44__ children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

Which is the best __45__ to learn a language? We know that we all learnt __46__ language well when we were __47__. If we learn a second language in the __48__ way, it won’t seem so difficult. What does a small child do? He(She) __49__ what people say, and he(she) tries to guess what he(she) hears. When he(she) wants something, he(she) has to __50__ it.He(She) is using the language, __51__ in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language _52__, they will learn it __53__.

In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words through the __54__. You can read them, spell them and __55_ them later.

36. A. how many B. what number C. a lot of D. so many

37. A. useful B. necessary C. important D. good

38. A. like B. use C. learn D. speak

39. A. but B. and C. also D. so

40. A. like B. with C. for D. as

41. A. foreign B. a second C. the second D. a special

42. A. easy B. again C. difficult D. best

43. A. Millions of B. Million of C. Millions D. Several million

44. A. Some B. Other C. All D. Few

45. A. time B. way C. thing D. place

46. A. a foreign B. our mothers’ C. other’s D. our own

47. A. born B. children C. grown D. boys

48. A. same B. different C. useful D. good

49. A. does B. says C. listens to D. follows

50. A. ask B. want C. get D. ask for

51. A. speaking B. writing C. thinking D. doing

52. A. some time B. sometimes C. all the time D. for the time

53. A. quickly B. soon C. freely D. easily

54. A. mouth B. hands C. ears D. mind

55 .A. speak B. use C. love D. write

IV. 阅读理解。（共20小题，满分30分）

A

Mr Brown was the manager (经理) of an office in London. He lived in the country and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise. One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him. "You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets. I stopped you in the street and asked you to lend me some money, and you gave me five pounds, because you said that you were willing to take a chance so as to (为了) give a man start on the road to success. Mr Brown thought for a few minutes and then said, "Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story."

"Well," answered the stranger, "are you still willing to take a chance?"

56. Mr Brown ____

A. lived in the city of London???? B. worked in an office

C. walked to London every day????? D. was a train driver

57. Mr Brown liked walking because ______.

??A. he was a good runner???????????? B. he wanted to be healthy

??C. he wanted to save money????????? D. he wanted to help others

58. Mr Brown walked to his office ______.

A. every day??????????????????????? B. when he went to work early

??C. when it wasn't raining???????????? D. when it was raining

59. What do you think about the stranger?

??A. Perhaps he was a clever but lazy man.

??B. He knew Mr Brown very well.

C. He was one of Mr Brown's neighbors.?

D. Mr Brown knew him.

60. Which of the following sentences is true?

???A. Mr Brown was kind-hearted.??????

???B. The stranger got another five pounds at last.

???C. Mr Brown was not willing to help others.

? D. Mr Brown believed the stranger very much.

B

Mr Turner liked fishing. It was his favourite sport. He often fished for hours without catching anything. But this did not worry him. Some fishermen couldn’t catch fish. Sometimes they caught old boots or rubbish . Mr Turner was even worse than the fishermen. He never caught anything – not